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11-07-2006, 04:30 PM
Higher Education, Science and Technology Minister Ligia Amada Melo has said that because of the stoppages at the state UASD University the semester might have to be extended to compensate for the loss of school hours, as reported in the Listin Diario. The UASD's administration and professors have been caught in a battle lasting almost three weeks over the selection of a medical insurance plan, which has led to strikes and work stoppages at the oldest university in the Americas. No solution to the problem has been announced. Employees have agreed to rescind the ARS Humano contract, but Dean Roberto Reyna is calling for completion of the 90-day contractual period before any decisions are made. The irony of the now frequent stoppages of the employees and professors at the UASD is that they have the best benefits package of any educational center in the DR.
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